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Unformatted text preview: ONE IN A SERIES OF WRITING TIPS FROM THE CTL Which Way to the Point? Signposts Through Your Prose Few writers question the neeci {or transitions as a technique tor leading reaziers
through a piece 0t writing. One ot the easiest ways to move trom one itiea to the next is to
use words or phrases that indicate relationships hetween thoughts. Because thoughts can he related to one another in a variety 0t ways, you want to
select the word(s) or phrase(s) that hest suit the relationships you are trying to express.
Below is an extensive list of worcts or phrases you can use to signal those relationships. To indicate comparison:
again corresponding in the same way similarly
and equally like too also turthermore likewise as well (as) in addition (to) moreover comparably in ettect resembling To indicate contrast:
atter all even so in spite 0t or
although even though nevertheless otherwise
at least tor all that not only still hut grantect notwithstanding unlike 13y contrast however on the contrary whereas
conversely in contrast (to) on the other hanci yet To indicate Sequence or time:
after eventually lately subsequently
atterwarct ﬁnally meanwhile temporarily
all this time ﬁrst, second, etc. next then as soon as tollowing not long atter thereatter at last tormerly now thereupon
at length immediately presently at the same time in the tirst place, etc. previously when hetore in the iuture shortly while
currently in the meantime simultaneously during last since earlier later soon To indicate place:
ahove close hy in the toregroumi opposite acijacent to far away near at hanci there helow turther haclz nearby to the right, etc.
heneath here next (1001' to the west, etc. hesicte in the Liistance on the other sicie under To indicate cause and effect: accortiingly as a consequence
as a result (0 )
laecause (0t) To indicate emphasis:
assurele certainly chieﬂy clearly equally especially even more important
evidently To indicate summary:
consequently finally in a word in lariet in conclusion To indicate examples:
an illustration as an example for example To indicate qualification or concession: atter all by and large
tor the most part consequently
due to hence it tollows tl'iat turtliermore in addition to
in tact in particular
in truth
incidentally incleecl it is true in ettect
in tact in other worcis
in short in simpler terms tor instance
in particular lilze granted, I admit
in most cases resulting trom
since so then moreover
perhaps
naturally
oliviously
oi course
really
similarly
surely in sum on the whole
that is
therefore
tlius namely
specitically 811011 as mainly
naturally
oi course therefore thereupon
thus to lae sure truly
understandably
umioulatezily
very lileely
without doubt to conclucle to put it another way
to sum up to summarize that is
thus
to illustrate sometinles
to be sure
with tew exceptions You may luave other favorite transitional words; the lzey is to use them to leati the reader
ettortlessly tluougll your paper. For a discussion oi otlier transitional clevices, please consult our handout, Navigate the River of Your Ideas: Let it Flow. PREPARED BY THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF
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